Itea

...A deciduous shrub of the Saxifragaceae family found in the mountains of warm regions, with trunks 1-2m tall. It is also called Yomenanoki because the young leaves are eaten like Yomena. The branches are well-branched, and the young branches are pale green. The leaves are alternate, egg-shaped, oblong, sharply pointed at the tip, 7-12cm long, with fine sawtooth edges, and about eight pairs of parallel lateral veins prominent on both sides. In May and June, the plant produces upward-facing racemes 5-17cm long at the ends of the branches, which bloom with many small white flowers. There are five upright egg-shaped lanceolate petals, and the same number of calyx lobes and stamens. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…暖地の山中に見られるユキノシタ科の落葉低木で，幹の高さは1～2m。若葉をヨメナのように食べるので，ヨメナノキともいう。枝はよく分枝し，若い枝は淡緑色。葉は互生し，卵状長楕円形で先は鋭くとがり，長さ7～12cm，縁に細鋸歯があり，両面に約8対の平行した側脈が目だつ。5～6月，枝の先に長さ5～17cmの上向きの総状花序をつくり，多数の小さな白色の花を開く。花弁は卵状披針形で5枚，直立し，同数の萼裂片とおしべがある。…

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